Proof Reading Exercise
23 06 20091. Copy the text of the turgid below into a Microsoft Word document.
2. Correct the spelling errors and the punctuation. There is heaps to correct.
3. Especially watch out for run on sentences and the incorrect spelling used. eg. “know” instead of “no”.
As I turned the car Towards the mountains I said “i dont no what too do.” and he just looked out he’s window and then he spoke “Well work it out when the time comes.” After a had pulled the car over 2 the side of the road he got out and said “Just keep driving, just bee careful, don’t trust anyone” I no that he thout that this was good advice, it didn’t make me feel any better, i drove on.
While I was driving he was making more calls and he was telling the others where I was. barry would be especially interested I knew that. I figured that he would do this, I drove faster, I drove way to fast, way over the limit.
As I approached the city I had this feeling that i had arrived to late. I could sea the flames coming from the house and I could hear the distant syrens and I knew that this was not good news. because of the smoke i couldn’t see peoples faces but I searched for him all the same, he must be in there someone.
“barry,” i called out and he turned and he smiled and I new everything would be okay then the house exploded.
As I turned the car towards the mountains I said, “I don’t know what to do,” and he just looked out his window and then he spoke, “We’ll work it out when the time comes.” After he had pulled the car over to the side of the road, he got out, and said, “Just keep driving, just be careful, and don’t trust anyone” I know that he thought this was good advice but it didn’t make me feel any better; I drove on.
While I was driving he was making more calls and he was telling the others where I was. Barry would be especially interested that I knew that. I figured that he would do this, I drove faster and I drove way too fast, way over the limit.
As I approached the city, I had this feeling that i had arrived too late. I could see the flames coming from the house, I could hear the distant sirens and I knew that this was not good news. Because of the smoke, I couldn’t see peoples’ faces but I searched for him all the same. He must be in there someone.
“Barry,” I called out. He turned and smiled and I knew everything would be okay, and then the house exploded.
As I turned the car towards the mountains I said, “I don’t know what to do.” He just looked out his window, then spoke out, “we’ll work it out when the time comes.” After he had pulled the car over to the side of the road, he got out, and said, “just keep driving, just be careful, and don’t trust anyone.” I know that he thought that it was good advice, but it didn’t make me feel any better; I drove on.
While I was driving, he was making more calls and telling the others where I was. Barry would be especially interested and I knew that. I figured that he would do it, I drove faster it was way too fast, and way over the limit.
As I approached the city, I had this feeling that I had arrived to late. I could see the flames coming from the house, I could hear the distant sirens and I knew that this was not good news. Because of the smoke, I couldn’t see the peoples faces. I searched for them all the same, they must be in there somewhere.
“Barry” I called out, he turned and smiled. I knew everything would be okay, and then the house exploded!